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StevieM

(10,500 posts) Sun May 3, 2020, 07:18 PM May 2020

Could someone give me advice on a problem I am having with my computer screen?

Everything on all the pages, all over the internet, is suddenly smaller.

I use Microsoft Edge.

I opened up my google chrome, which I rarely use, and I think everything is normal size on that page, although I think their page sizes are a little bit smaller than Microsoft Edge, when it is formatted the way it used to be.

I am thinking that I accidentally hit the wrong button on my computer at some point. But I am not sure what I could have done.

I also went to Settings, and to the display page, where I made everything bigger. It doesn't feel like it is the same as what I used to have. I then changed it back.

Can anyone help me? Does anyone here know what I did to make this happen? Does anyone know how to fix it and set things back to the way they were?

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Could someone give me advice on a problem I am having with my computer screen? (Original Post) StevieM May 2020 OP

I have had that happen before. Jamastiene May 2020 #1

On a real browser like Firefox, ctrl-0 (numeral zero) resets magnification. Bernardo de La Paz May 2020 #2

You can see the current zoom setting under "settings and more" (Alt+F) nt Shermann May 2020 #3

In most browsers, you can change the print and/or image size display . by holding the CTRL key and t keithbvadu2 May 2020 #4

Jamastiene

(38,187 posts)

1. I have had that happen before.

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Sun May 3, 2020, 07:24 PM

May 2020

I usually use the Control key and the + key until it looks right to me.

Sometimes, a reboot of the computer might straighten it out too, though. It could have been an update that hasn't been applied yet.

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,052 posts)

2. On a real browser like Firefox, ctrl-0 (numeral zero) resets magnification.

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Sun May 3, 2020, 07:27 PM

May 2020

Did you try using a search engine?
Search: microsoft edge magnification

It tells me ctrl-mouse_wheel changes magnification by 5% up or down (same as Firefox but 10%)
It tells me ctrl-+ (plus key, try both) changes it by 25% up, minus key 25% down (same as Firefox but 10%)

Try ctrl-0

Shermann

(7,458 posts)

3. You can see the current zoom setting under "settings and more" (Alt+F) nt

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Sun May 3, 2020, 07:36 PM

May 2020

keithbvadu2

(36,980 posts)

4. In most browsers, you can change the print and/or image size display . by holding the CTRL key and t

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Sun May 3, 2020, 11:04 PM

May 2020

In most browsers, you can change the print and/or image size display .
by holding the CTRL key and tapping the plus or minus key.

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